
Al Zito
CEO-President
Al
leads the team at Avant. Before establishing Avant in 2000 he held the position of Director of Product Support at DASSAULT
FALCON and prior to that the Director of Product Support for K-C Aviation. Al has over 32 years experience.
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Scott Bedgood
VP-General Manager
Scott
provides overall management and
direction for Avant’s
activities and policies to help the company achieve its operational and financial objectives. Prior
to joining Avant, Scott led 2 small businesses and held several operational and
financial leadership positions at AlliedSignal / Honeywell. Scott also served as an F/A-18 Fighter Pilot in the U.S.
Marine Corps and has over 25 years experience.
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Michael Lane
CFO
Michael manages the financial and accounting day to day activities for Avant. His prior experience
includes holding the position of Executive Director/Major Shareholder at Flightspares
Plc. Michael has over 34 years of experience.
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Sales Manager
The Sales Manager is reponsible for leading the sales and marketing effort at Avant with the primary
goals of achieving total customer satisfaction as well as growth. This position also responds to daily
requests from clients as well as customer service. Must have experience with aviation part sales and procurement.
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JW Hunt
Account Executive
JW responds to daily requests from clients. His background is Avionics as well as with a broad range
of airframes while at Gulfstream/General Dynamics and K-C Aviation as Senior Sales Administrator. His
40 years of experience offers an invaluable resource for our customers.
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Account Representative
The Account Representative is reponsible for responding to the daily requests from clients as well
as customer service. Must have experience with aviation part sales and procurement.
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Dave Chirco
Regional Sales Representative
Dave is responsible for Sales and Marketing efforts and support
in the Eastern US. His background previously was with Dassault Falcon as a Regional
Account representative. He also holds a 4 year Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautics from Parks College. He
has a total of 27 years experience
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Greg Brown
Materials
Administrator
Greg
has the responsibility of inventory management and procurement including managing Avant's large Rotable Pool.
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Stephanie Simpson
Administrative Assistant
Stephanie provides customer service and is responsible
for marketing activities and office management. Her prior experience at Home Depot for 18 years as Bookeeping/Computer
Room Lead and Return Goods Administrator
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Phyllis Zito
Marketing
Phyllis is responsible for our Marketing and Customer communications.
Her prior experience was as the Support Services at the Hertz Corporation Corporate Headquarters and prior she was with AMRESCO
in the various IT positions